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Too far – attacks on autistic people

Monday, October 30th, 2006

The level of debate continues to sink from the mercury militia. In various places over the web this past week or so, parents who believe vaccines caused their kids autism sunk about as low as you can get. They attacked autistic people – the same ‘sort’ of person their child is. And why? Because they [...]

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46th Skeptics’ Circle – On a mission from God

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Its always the same. I volunteer to do something because its a worthy cause or I really like the thing in question – or both – and then I put it off and put it off and end up scrabbling about at the last minute to sort it out.

So, when I volunteered to host this [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Epidemic, Quackery, Skeptic, This Blog | 21 Comments »

46th Skeptics’ Circle – Last call

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

The Forty Sixth Skeptics Circle will be here in 24 hours time….last call for blog entries is 25th oct 10pm GMT.
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TV might cause autism?

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

The blogosphere and certain Yahoo groups are outraged by the idea that a study from Cornell University alleges that TV might have a role to play in autism.

The idea is pretty stupid. Basically, the Cornell guys are saying that because there’s autism in places where there’s lots of rainfall and because when its raining kids [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Epidemic, MMR, Mercury, Thimerosal | 24 Comments »